Currently not on view
Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang,
1624
Lan Ying 藍 瑛, 1585–ca. 1664
after Huang Gongwang 黃公望, 1269–1354
after Huang Gongwang 黃公望, 1269–1354
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1976-41
At the end of this painting, Lan Ying wrote an inscription describing his source of inspiration, the painting style of the Yuan dynasty artist Huang Gongwang (1269–1354). However, the influence of other past masters is evident in certain brushstrokes and compositional motifs. Under Lan’s deft brush, the various styles come together in a unified and lyrical presentation of an idyllic landscape. The artist’s use of thin washes of vegetable based igments over gold-flecked paper imbues this scene with an added layer of visual appeal.
Information
Title
Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang
Dates
1624
Maker
Medium
Handscroll; ink and pale color on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions
Painting: 28.2 x 623.8 cm. (11 1/8 x 245 9/16 in.)
Colophon (left): 28.2 x 124.7 cm. (11 1/8 x 49 1/8 in.)
mount: 29 cm. (11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
y1976-41
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed
Inscription
dated 1624
Marks/Labels/Seals
Characters and one seal in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Period
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1976," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 36, no. 1 (1977): p. 28-40., p. 35
- Suzuki, Kei, comp. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku, vol. 1 of Amerika-Kanada hen. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982., A17–072
- Wen C. Fong, Images of the mind: selections from the Edward L. Elliott family and John B. Elliott collections of Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1984)., p. 408
